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WVU discusses potential fall break
by mackenzie mays
city editor

West Virginia University administrators are discussing
plans to implement a fall break
for the upcoming school year.
In a faculty senate meeting
Monday, a proposed 2013-14
academic calendar did not
feature a fall break and was
subsequently rejected, said
Faculty Senate Chair Lesley
Cottrell.
Now, the calendar commit-

tee is weighing the pros and
cons and has the next two
weeks to decide how to rearrange its regular calendar days
to make it work.
“Everyone wants a fall break,
including WVU faculty, staff
and students. I think we are
all hopeful that we can get it,
and everyone understands the
need for it,” Cottrell said. “But,
the options are not great for
where these extra days would
come from so that’s the tricky
part.”

The proposed break, which
would be an extended weekend falling on the ninth week
of classes just after midterms,
cannot impose on the required
15 weeks of instruction.
“People don’t want to sacrifice their Thanksgiving break
time, and classes that require
lab courses would be affected
because they need that full
week, otherwise students are
missing a whole week’s worth
of work just because they’re
off that one day,” Cottrell said.

For some professors, teaching is more than textbooks
and curriculum – it’s about
changing students’ lives.
West Virginia University
has honored six professors
with the 2012 WVU Foundation Award for Oustanding
Teaching. The recipients are
from a wide range of disciplines, but all have made an
impact on their students.
“I’m not afraid to go above
and beyond in the classroom,”
said Gina Martino Dahlia,
award recipient and assistant
professor in the Perley Isaac
Reed School of Journalism.
Dahlia has a reputation for
being demanding and tough,
but also for bringing out the
best in her students.
“If there’s a kid that doesn’t
show up for class, I’ll call
them,” she said. “For some,
it’s the first time a teacher has
ever called on them, asked
what they’re doing – and actually cared.”
Dahlia said that personal
interaction drives students
to want to succeed, and she

pushes even the most discouraged students to do their
best. She said seeing her students succeed fuels her passion for teaching.
“It says a lot about the
power that teachers have to
shape somebody’s life and
help them be all they can be,”
she said.
Award recipient Mark
Schraf started his teaching career with an idea.
“I remember thinking, I
was gonna be as animated
as possible, to try and be the
kind of chemistry teacher I
never had when I was an undergrad,” he said.
Schraf said he discovered a style of teaching that
makes chemistry accessible to
everyone.
“I go over the top and be
animated and bring in tons of
metaphors, so then everyone
can laugh and relax,” he said.
Schraf is a teaching assistant professor in the C. Eugene Bennett Department of
Chemistry.
His casual style of dress and
high energy lectures capture

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“Things like that keep popping
up. We can do this, but people
might need to give something
up.”
Cottrell said she thinks joining the likes of local schools
such as Virginia Tech and the
University of Pittsburgh could
benefit the student body as a
whole.
“Right after midterms, everyone needs to take a mental
break. People just reach their
peak, and we’ve seen some issues come from that,” she said.

“Studies show a break like this
could help decrease behavioral problems and even keep
students motivated and stay in
school longer.”
The largest option that’s
been discussed is a MondayTuesday period or ThursdayFriday period, Cottrell said.
Student Government Association President Jason Bailey
serves on the calendar committee and said students need
a break from classes and exams
before Thanksgiving break.

“Physical and mental burnout is common among college
students today amidst their
workload, and not providing
students any relief surrounding midterms almost guarantees increased stress levels that
could lead to poor academic
performance and a slippery
slope that ultimately causes a
student to leave the University,”
he said.
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‘MAKE KONY FAMOUS’

Kristen Basham/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM

Odong Kizito, a native of Uganda, speaks on behalf of Invisible Children in Brooks Hall at WVU Wednesday.

Invisible Children Roadies
help bring awareness to
Kony 2012 movement

First lady recognizes
Autism Awareness Month

by carlee lammers
staff writer

Kristen Basham/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM

Kizito speaks on behalf of Invisible Children to a packed room in Brooks Hall at West Virginia
University Wednesday.

The Invisible Children roadies visited West Virginia
University Wednesday to empower students to take “informed action” in the effort to open the eyes of millions
and “Stop Kony.”
WVU sociology professor Daniel Brewster hosted an
Invisible Children Roadies presentation to bring awareness to the longest-running war in Africa, led by Joseph
Kony and his Lord’s Resistance Army.
According to Invisible Children, Kony has abducted
nearly 30,000 children from central Africa and forced
them to serve as soldiers in the LRA and as wives for
LRA soldiers.

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WVU First Lady Beth Clements speaks to students about the challenges of special needs
children, including her own experience with her daughter, Grace.

by Lacey Palmer
staff writer

For West Virginia University
first lady Beth Clements, the issue of autism and other developmental disorders is one that
hits close to home.
The WVU chapter of Autism Speaks U invited Clements to speak during the organization’s last meeting of the
semester as part of its Autism
Awareness Month celebration.
Clements, wife of WVU President James P. Clements, said
the couple noticed early that
their daughter, Grace, was not
developing normally. The doctor continued to tell the Clements’ Grace would catch up,
but Beth said her maternal instincts left her questioning.

“Gracie is perfect in my eyes,
but the reality of the situation
was less than perfect at first,”
she said.
Grace was diagnosed with
Apraxia, a neurological disorder limiting her ability to speak.
Beth said she was angry, in
denial and upset when she first
learned Grace’s diagnosis, and
worried Grace would never get
to experience certain things,
but eventually learned to accept her daughter’s condition.
She formed a support group
with other mothers who have
children with disabilities.
“We read ‘The Purpose
Driven Life,’ bonded, laughed
more and cried less,” Beth said.
Grace is now 12 years old,

The West Virginia University
Student Government Association nominated three members for its annual Governor of
the Year Award Wednesday for
their accomplishments during
the 2011-12 school year.
Governors Ryan Campione,
Allison Rollins and Benjamin
Seebaugh were nominated
by multiple members of SGA
to receive the honor and will
speak at the SGA Inauguration
Saturday, April 21 at the Erickson Alumni Center.
Campione was endorsed by
Seebaugh at the meeting. See-

baugh said Campione’s ambition to achieve all his proposed
platforms, including being a
force behind the addition to
the Evansdale campus, showcased his loyalty to SGA.
“Ryan has never made a
promise to the student body
that he couldn’t keep,” Seebaugh said. “I do not even
think he sleeps. He has accomplished everything that he said
he would last year and I think
that alone speaks volumes to
why he deserves this honor.”
Rollins was endorsed by
Governors Bridgette Boyd and
Taj Rohr. The two governors
praised Rollins for her dedication and leadership to orga-

ON THE INSIDE
West Virginia freshman cornerback Karl Joseph has
a chance to make an impact next fall in his first
season. SPORTS PAGE 7

nize various SGA events and
meetings.
“Governor Rollins has
shown excellent leadership this
year that I believe deserved to
be commended,” Rohr said.
Boyd said many people do
not get to witness firsthand
the effort Rollins puts into the
organization.
“Rollins does so much behind the scenes that deserves
a lot of credit,” Boyd said. “She
is always so helpful and I always see her in the office working away on whatever needs to
be done.”
Seebaugh was given three
endorsements by the board.
The recent Truman Scholar has

been significant in social justice causes on campus, including LGBTQ equality and antibullying campaigns.
“What makes Governor Seebaugh so outstanding is his
character and humility,” Boyd
said. “He has done so much
and still expects nothing in
return.”
Governor Ray Zane said Seebaugh’s platform should be
enough to earn him the honor.
“We all have our own platforms and causes, but he is accomplishing social justice,”
Zane said. “He has made the
biggest change among all of

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SHUTOUT ON
THE ROAD
The West Virginia baseball
team lost to Maryland
3-0 Wednesday night in
a one-game series in College Park, Md.
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2 | NEWS

Thursday April 12, 2012

Third annual Diversi-Tea kicks off Spring Diversity Days
by joann snoderly
correspondent

Tea and conversation could
be the best remedy for cultural
awareness.
West Virginia University’s Spring Diversity Days
kicked off Wednesday evening with the third annual Diversi-Tea Celebration in the
Mountainlair and provided
participants with an opportunity to sample food and beverages from across the world
while celebrating cultural
diversity.
The event also honored individuals at WVU who have
showcased leadership in the
area of diversity appreciation. This year’s award recipients were Bob Pirner and Sara
Middleton.
Pirner, a Native American
Studies professor, is originally
from the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota and
is one of only 6,000 people fluent in Lakota, the native language of the Lakota people of
the Sioux tribe.
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students’ attention – and help
them learn some chemistry.
“I’ve never been one to shy
away from making a fool of
myself to get the point across.
I felt, why not? If I can get their
attention, then I can get them
to learn,” he said.
Schraf advises his students
to pursue their passions, not
just a big paycheck.
“Don’t do anything for the
money, because the money
will never be enough. Do
what you love to do,” he said.
“Anytime you’re doing something and an hour has gone by
and you didn’t even think any
time had passed, you should

Matt Sunday/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM

Blackberry pastries sit on a table filled with appetizers at the Diversi-Tea Party Wednesday evening in the Mountainlair Ballrooms.
his efforts to promote Native
American studies at WVU and
to improve the lives and career opportunities of disabled
persons.
“I had the great fortune to be
raised in a culture of generosdo those things more often –
it means you’re doing what
you’re meant to do.”
Other recipients of the
award include: Brian Ballentine, assistant professor and
professional writing and editing program coordinator;
Kenneth P. Blemings, professor of biochemistry, genetics, and developmental biology with the WVU Division
of Animal and Veterinary Sciences; James W. Lewis, assistant professor of physiology
and pharmacology with the
WVU Robert. C. Byrd Heath
Sciences Center School of
Medicine; and Kate Staples,
assistant professor of history
at WVU.

ity, to be raised in a community that valued things other
than material wealth,” Pirner
said. “For 25 years here in Morgantown, I have used what
I was taught on the Rosebud
Lakota Reservation. My men-

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us and he’s done it within this
year.”
The winner of the award will
be announced at the next SGA
meeting Wednesday.
President Jason Bailey announced a textbook exchange
initiative will begin at WVU
in conjunction with Potomac
State College and the West
Virginia University Institute of
Technology. The exchange program will be available online

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danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

happy and has high self-esteem, Beth said, and surprises
their family every day with the
progress she makes.
“As I saw doors closing, God
began to open windows for me
through this experience,” she
said. “Gracie is the defining part
of our family in the absolute best
ways possible.”
Beth said her family is more
compassionate, loving and
closer because of Grace. The
Clements’ have three other children; Tyler, 20, and two twin
girls, Hannah and Maggie, 17.

tors told me ‘you bring honor
to yourself and your relatives
not by what you have, but by
what you give away.’”
Middleton, a senior exercise
physiology student, was honored for her role in promoting
and supporting the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender
and Questioning community
at WVU and for her anti-bullying efforts.
She has worked as a Safe
Zone facilitator to act as a resource for LGBTQ students.
Safe Zone, a program cosponsored by the WVU Council on Sexual Orientation, the
Carruth Center for Psychological and Psychiatric Services
and the President’s Office for
Social Justice, works to promote an atmosphere of support and celebration for the
LGBTQ community.
Middleton has also worked
as an education adviser for the
Queer Student Union and with
residential education partners
to improve residential adviser
training in the area of bullying
prevention.
In addition to the awards

and entertainment, the Diversi-Tea Celebration provided attendants with teas
from various countries. Participants sampled bubble tea
from China, chai tea from India and Turkish black tea,
among others.
Serkan Karadas, president of
the Turkish Student Association, said sharing his country’s
tea with the WVU community
is a way of promoting Turkish
culture and contributing to the
school’s diversity.
“Turkish tea is part of a daily
routine,” Karadas said. “You
start breakfast drinking your
tea and they get two breaks
when they work. You get a tea
break at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. In
Turkey we have tea gardens so
you can just go there and order
tea with your friends. Tea is a
part of our daily life.”
The association also displayed the special double teapot traditionally used to brew
Turkish tea, along with the
special glasses from which tea
is served in Turkey.
Tanya Tandon, a senior economics student, presented In-

dian chai tea, which is uniquely
brewed with milk and sugar.
Tandon said the tea culture
in India is very similar to coffee
drinking in America.
“My parents have it five
times a day,” Tandon said. “If
my mom doesn’t have tea at
least once a day she’s going to
panic.”
Sharon Mallow, program
coordinator for the President’s
Office for Social Justice, said
the event was a way to bring
people together in a stress-free
environment.
“You want to have a tea, for
one thing, because it gets people away from the hustle and
bustle of everyday life and people get a chance to sit and mingle with people over tea,” she
said.
The event was co-sponsored
by the President’s Office for Social Justice in association with
the Office of International Students and Scholars, the Council for Women’s Concerns,
and the Center for Women’s
Studies.

and students will have the opportunity to personally sell or
buy textbooks from other students at surrounding schools.
“Potomac State did a pilot version of the exchange
and it excelled,” Bailey said.
“We hope to get at least 1,000
students to get involved right
away, and through word of
mouth and social media, like
Facebook, I’m sure it’ll become
popular in no time.”
SGA City Liaison Evan Dove
announced the Goodwill City
initiative will begin during the
upcoming football season and

will hold booths in various
tailgating areas during home
games.
The initiative aims to promote responsible fan behavior
among students and others to
shed a positive light on the city
of Morgantown, Dove said.
“I think it’ll be a great thing
to implement as we move to
the Big 12 and meet new fan
bases,” he said.
Governor Isabelle Shepherd
announced various events
planned for Earth Week scheduled to begin Friday. Events
will include a fashion show,

Mountainlair sustainability
promotions and an electronics and clothing drive will take
place next week.
“There will be a lot of recycling, a lot of green and a lot
of conservation going on next
week,” Shepherd said. “I urge
everyone to get involved in any
event to take part in promoting
sustainability on campus.”
To find out more information on the upcoming green
Earth Week, visit http://wecan.wvu.edu.

Beth said although her
daughter’s condition has posed
some challenges for her family,
her experience with Grace has
been extremely rewarding.
“We’re all more alike than we
are different,” Beth said. “I love
my daughter just like your mothers love you – we’re normal.”
Autism and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are both
general terms for a group of
complex disorders of brain development. The disorders are
characterized in varying degrees by difficulties in social interaction, verbal and nonverbal
communication and repetitive
behaviors.
Autism Speaks U is a na-

tionwide program designed to
provide a platform for college
students to host autism awareness, advocacy and fundraising
events.
The amount of children diagnosed with autism has increased in recent years, according to the Center for Disease
Control and Prevention. Nearly
one in 88 American children are
estimated to be on the autism
spectrum.
Kasia Bryant, president of
WVU’s chapter of Autism Speaks
U, said she started the organization during the fall semester
and is very passionate about autism. Her younger brother suffers from Asperger’s syndrome,

a form of high-functioning
autism.
“I’ve seen other schools
do things concerning autism
awareness, and I never actually saw anything here, so that’s
why I wanted to start the Autism
Speaks U organization here at
WVU,” Bryant said.
Students can learn more
about Autism Speaks U at WVU
and view upcoming events
by visiting its Facebook page
at www.facebook.com/autismspeaksuwvu. To learn more
about the Autism Speaks national organization, visit www.
autismspeaks.org.

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Mark Schraf is one of six professors honored with the 2012 WVU Foundation Award
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“We want to make sure
that awareness gets translated into informed action,”
said Freesia Levine, Invisible
Children Roadies volunteer.
Kony took leadership of an
existing rebel group and renamed it the LRA in 1987. The
LRA has since earned a reputation for its cruel and brutal tactics.
When Kony found himself
running out of fighters, he began abducting children to be
soldiers in his army or “wives”
for his officers, and he encourages the his forces to rape, mutilate and kill civilians, according to Invisible Children.
During the presentation
the Roadies showed “KONY
2012, a film which has reached
more than 130 million views
on YouTube.
“We built a community
around the idea that where
you live shouldn’t determine
whether you live,” said KONY
2012 film producer Jason
Russell.
On April 20, cities worldwide will participate in the
movement’s “Cover the Night”

Kristen Basham/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM

Freesia Levine, a representative from the nonprofit organization Invisible Children introduces the organization’s viral video ‘Kony 2012’ at West Virginia University Wednesday.
campaign. The campaign’s objective is to cover entire cities
in posters and flyers with Kony’s name and picture in efforts to “make Kony famous.”
“We need to get this movement off the internet and into
Morgantown,” Levine said.
“We need to see that Kony
poster by the sushi restaurant,
we need to see that poster
by the mall – we need that
reminder.”
IC Roadie volunteer Odong
Kizito, a northern Uganda
native, said growing up as
a young child he was fortunate enough to escape abduction into the LRA, but still re-

mained in constant fear.
“As young kids we were not
protected in any way – it was
survival of the fittest,” he said.
“It was not safe for us to even
go to school; we were forced to
leave our homes and live in a
displacement camp – it was so
hard for us.”
Kizito encouraged those
in attendance to raise their
voices and contact their local
policy makers to help make a
difference in the world-wide
effort to “Stop Kony”.
“If we join hands together
this time, we’ll see an end to
this war this year,” he said. “As
young people today, we have
the power to make this a much
more peaceful world than it’s
ever been.”
During the presentation the
roadies addressed the popular
question – “Is this movement
just a fad?”
Levine, who has been a vol-

unteer for Invisible Children
since 2006, said she believes
young people today have the
power to make the movement
more than just a passing trend.
“Regardless if we move onto
the next headline, this is still
going to be going on in central
Africa. We have the privilege of
moving on here, but we can’t
let it happen,” she said.
Brewster said it was important for students to become involved and to donate
their time and effort to the
movement.
“A lot of you are interested
in social activism as long as it
only requires you to attach a
link to Facebook – that’s not
social activism,” Brewster said.
“Now we’re asking you to take
the step after that and become
more involved.”
Brewster and the WVU Invisible Children student organization will “Cover the Night”
April 20 by covering University
fraternity and sorority houses
and Dragonfly restaurant with
banners and flyers.
Brewster also said Dragonfly will donate a portion of
its proceeds from “Cover the
Night” to Invisible children.
“The better world we’re
looking for is coming – it’s just
waiting for us to stop at nothing,” Russell said.
For more information on
the Kony 2012 movement and
Invisible Children visit www.
invisiblechildren.com.
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University officials to provide
the best learning atmosphere
for the student body.
“It is our administration’s responsibility to look out for our
students’ best interests to ensure they are performing to the
best of their ability, and I believe
an academic calendar that reflects adamant relief is pertinent
to student success,” he said.
Faculty senate will further
discuss approving the break
plans at its meeting on May 14.
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Thursday April 12, 2012

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Obama campaign ready for a ‘ramping up’ on Romney
WASHINGTON (AP) — For
all the turmoil of the long primary season, President Barack
Obama is right where he expected to be: taking on Mitt
Romney and targeting him
as a wishy-washy protector
of the rich. With the November outcome likely to hinge
on the economy, Obama will
now engage more directly
with the help of an experienced, well-financed campaign organization.
The campaign for the White
House took on a decidedly different feel on Wednesday, a
true two-man race for the first
time. Yet even as Republican
Rick Santorum’s withdrawal
a day earlier changed the dynamic, beginning the general
election in earnest, the contours of the Romney-Obama
race had already been becoming clear.
Both sides will keep pounding voters with ferocious arguments over who has the best
vision for jobs, economic security and giving Americans a
shot at a better life. In sharp
and steady doses, directly or
through aides, Obama and
Romney will also accuse the
other of being dishonest with
voters and out-of-touch with
their daily woes.
Everything gets faster and
louder now.
Obama will pick his spots
in targeting Romney directly
until the election draws closer,
needing to juggle the demands
of his job and eager to remind everyone that he is the
one who is already the president. Obama’s Chicago-based
campaign, meanwhile, will be
working vigorously to challenge Romney and try to define him.
In a sign of the bitter fight
ahead, Obama campaign manager Jim Messina went after
Romney the day the race was
joined: “The more the American people see of Mitt Romney, the less they like him
and the less they trust him.”
The Obama campaign followed that on Wednesday
with a video of some of Romney’s most divisive or awkward
moments during the Republican primaries, titled: “Mitt
Romney: Memories to last a
lifetime.”
The events that shape the
race may well be surprises to
the candidates as well as ev-

ap

President Barack Obama arrives to speak at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Fla. Seven months before the election, President Barack Obama is just where he expected to be:
taking on Mitt Romney and targeting him as a wishy-washy protector of the rich. With the election likely to hinge on the economy, Obama is stepping firmly into a contentious race
backed by an experienced and well-financed campaign organization.
eryone else, like the economic
collapse of late 2008. If the
campaigns have their way,
however, the narratives are set:
Romney assailing Obama as
an economic failure who had
his shot, and Obama depicting
Romney as one who would gut
middle-class America.
Essentially, Obama has already been running against
Romney, who fell short in his
2008 effort to win the GOP
nomination.
Every time Obama talks
about millionaires paying a
fairer share in taxes to help
all of America, as he did again
Wednesday, it is meant as a
contrast to Romney and his vision. Vice President Joe Biden
has been out giving a battery of
campaign speeches that take
on Romney, including another one on Thursday in New
Hampshire.

And long before Santorum
bowed out this week, Obama
had been trying to define
the election as a clear, basic
choice. His pitch is that Romney will revert to a harmful
trickle-down, let-people-flail
philosophy instead of spending tax dollars on core priorities and using the government
as an enforcer of fairness for
all.
Romney sees Obama as a
“throwback to the old-style
Democrats of the past, big government, welfare state Democrats” who want America to
become Europe.
The race is on. It’s been on.
“I think people think about
this as some kind of switch going off, but it really is more like
a ramping up,” Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod said as Romney’s status as
nominee was assured. “There’s

no big line of demarcation,
because the arguments have
been developing over a long
period of time.”
At the White House, spokesman Jay Carney said Obama
will methodically get more into
campaign mode. But he said
the president is still in a period
where he will talk more about
the agenda in front of him,
both in Congress and on the
world stage, than about “his
general election opponent.”
Yet life gets blurry when a
president runs for a second
term. Political fundraisers in
battleground states and near
the White House have become
staples of Obama’s calendar.
Even his official events, like a
speech he gave on tax fairness
at Florida Atlantic University
on Tuesday, take on the unmistakable rah-rah feel of a
campaign.

Romney, transitioning to his
new role as all-but-sure nominee, showed a bit more swagger with Santorum out of the
race.
“The president’s campaign
slogan was ‘hope and change,’”
he said to cheers and laughter in Hartford, Conn. “I think
that’s changing now to ‘let’s
hope for change.’”
The former Massachusetts
governor stuck with his preferred message and itinerary, including Tuesday and
Wednesday events in Delaware, Connecticut and Rhode
Island, even though those
heavily Democratic states will
not be in play this fall. He also
kept with his recent strategy of
emphasizing his concern for
women who own businesses,
a clear sign that Democratic
claims of GOP insensitivity to
women have raised alarms.

Obama holds a doubledigit polling advantage among
women, who have made up a
majority of the electorate in
each presidential year since
1984. Overall, polling on the
race has Obama on the upswing in a matchup with Romney, suggesting the president
begins the contest with a slight
advantage.
But his ratings on handling
the economy remain in negative territory. A Washington
Post-ABC News poll released
this week said 47 percent say
they trust Romney over Obama
to handle the economy, compared with 43 percent who favor the president.
And trust – or the lack of it
– is already defining the race.
Romney went off on the
president’s candor with the
American people in a speech
last week, saying an open-microphone moment with the
Russian president about second-term “flexibility” reflected
his brand of leadership. “He is
intent on hiding. You and I will
have to do the seeking,” Romney said.
The Obama campaign has
launched its own response effort. Said Axelrod: “One thing
that we’re going to be particularly vigilant about is monitoring what Gov. Romney says
day-to-day, because sometimes it’s harder to know
whose record he distorts more
– his own or the president’s.”
Obama’s campaign has a
sizeable cash advantage over
Romney’s, having more than
$84 million in the bank at
the end of February, Federal
Election Commission records
show. Romney’s campaign had
about $7.2 million.
This election cycle has also
seen an explosion in the use
of super political action committees, or super PACS, that
can accept unlimited contributions, mostly from wealthy
individuals but also from corporations and unions.
Romney especially benefited from such a super PAC,
which unleashed a barrage
of ads in key states to help
crush his Republican competition. Obama flip-flopped on
his opposition to super PACS,
but one group set up to assist
him has had trouble attracting
seven-figure donations and
lags behind its Republicanoriented counterparts.

Stocks make a U-turn, rising after big decline
NEW YORK (AP) — Investors on Wednesday all but forgot the previous day’s burdens and sent stocks soaring.
It was a stark turnaround from
the day before, when they’d
pushed the market into a freefall on worries about European debt and corporate earnings in the U.S.
Those fears about problems
festering on both sides of the
Atlantic were calmed thanks
to a surprising profit from Alcoa and news that borrowing
costs in Spain had edged down,
a potential sign that investors
have more faith – for now, anyway – in that country’s financial health.
The result was a U-turn on
Wall Street. The Dow Jones industrial average climbed as
much as 129 points in early
trading before settling at
12,805.39, up 89.46 points. The
previous day, it had lost 214
points, the cap to its biggest
and longest losing streak this
year.
European markets rose, too.
Stocks climbed roughly 1 percent in major capitals, excluding Greece, after losing 2 to 3
percent the day before. Treasury prices fell, signaling that
investors are more willing to
put money in stocks.
Other U.S. indexes also
erased much of the previous
day’s losses. The Standard &
Poor’s 500 rose 10.12 points to
1,368.71 after losing 24 points

the day before. The Nasdaq
composite climbed 25.24
points to 3,016.46 following a
56-point loss Tuesday.
Alcoa rose more than 6 percent after reporting late Tuesday that it turned a profit in
the first three months of the
year and handily beat the expectations of Wall Street analysts, who were predicting
a loss. Since Alcoa is the first
company in the Dow average
to report earnings, its results
have a greater ability to move
the market compared with
companies that report later.
More first-quarter results will
be released over the next few
weeks.
Market watchers were divided over how long the gains
would last and whether Alcoa’s
profits actually mean anything
for the rest of the earnings
season.
“I’m not predicting we’re going to have a blowout earnings
quarter,” said David Armstrong,
managing director of Monument Wealth Management in
Alexandria, Va. “But I think if
people thought earnings season was going to be bad, they
may be pleasantly surprised.”
“One earnings report?”
countered Uri Landesman,
president of the New York
hedge fund Platinum Partners.
The boost “will last until the
first bad number.”
For Europe as well, investors
seemed anxious to latch onto

any piece of good news. They
were cheered that the rate on
Spain’s 10-year bonds dropped
slightly after nearing 6 percent
on Tuesday. Seven percent is
generally considered the rate
at which it becomes too expensive for a country to borrow money.
Investors chose, largely, to
ignore other signs blaring that
problems in Europe are only
hibernating and not solved.
Spain’s borrowing costs are
still dangerously high. Italy
sold 12-month bonds but was
forced to pay more than double the interest rate it paid last
month. Even Germany, whose
bonds are considered a safer
investment, failed to sell all the
10-year bonds it had intended
to.
In Greece and France, upcoming elections threaten to
unravel the uneasy peace that
has been reached between the
weak and strong countries in
Europe. New leaders could unwind hard-fought deals that require Greece and others to cut
spending in order to get bailout loans. Greece’s unpredictability rose to a new level
Wednesday when the country
announced it would hold par-

liamentary elections months
ahead of schedule.
Landesman described the
dealmaking as “Band-Aid after Band-Aid,” rather than a
real solution addressing Europe’s deep-rooted problems
of overspending. “You can’t do
that forever,” Landesman said.
“There is a day of reckoning.”
If it is hard to predict news
out of Europe, it’s equally difficult to guess how investors
will react to it – panicking one
day and shrugging off similar developments on another
day. There are plenty of days
the market swings on news out
of Europe that is merely incremental, or even when there’s
no news at all.
“A possible European recession? I don’t really think that’s
new,” said Armstrong. “For
people reacting as if this is new
news, I think that’s poor discipline as a (long-term) investor.”
Europe’s debt crisis and
concerns about U.S. earnings
haven’t been the only problems for the market in recent
weeks. There are also signs that
job growth is slowing and that
the Federal Reserve is disinclined to pump more money
into the economy.

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Thursday April 12, 2012

CONTACT US 304-293-5092 ext. 4 | DAperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

State, local elections must be researched
With all of the excitement of
the upcoming 2012 presidential election, it is easy to get
swept up and forget about politics at the local and state levels.
Although elected officials at
the national level – presidents,
senators and representatives –
have enormous tasks to undertake, those making local decisions are equally as important
and deserve the same attention
from voters.
It is common to hear residents make complaints about
various aspects of local gov-

ernment, such as road repair,
public schools or crime. But
it seems less common for residents to take time out their
day to research local and state
candidates – the ones who have
the power to fix many everyday
problems.
According to the U.S. Census, West Virginia’s state and
local governments employs
93,358 people and spends
$14,813,561 annually.
All residents should pay
close attention to where state
and local taxes are being spent.

Government money is
our money, and we as voters
have the power to delegate
the persons responsible for its
expenditure.
While national politics soak
up the media spotlight, it is up
to the state governments to decide the issues that affect our
daily lives.
With West Virginia continuously being ranked as one of
the lowest business-friendly
states, voters here should be
making statements for change
during the next election.

While the federal government occasionally does overstep its bounds and hinder
state business decisions, it is
the duty of state government
to improve its conditions.
The Environmental Protection Agency – a federal bureaucracy – was recently shot down
for overstepping here in West
Virginia.
On March 23, the decision
was made by the U.S. District
Court that the EPA had no
right to retroactively veto a coal
plant permit.

The Mingo Logan Coal Company planned to invest $250
million in the Spruce Mine
project, which would create roughly 200 jobs in West
Virginia.
This is just an example of
how state decisions can directly affect citizens.
So, before you complain
about anything going on in the
state, county or city, do some
research on those you elect to
fix the problems.

No doubt many have seen
while shopping, or heard
about on campus, the words
“fair trade coffee.” But do most
understand what it actually
means?
The label conjures up images of good deeds being done
in a developing nation, but in
actuality does little to help
those it is intended to help,
and may in fact be harming
them in the long run.
The concept of “fair trade”
anything is that the endproduct, whether it be coffee,
clothes or vegetables, is that
they are purchased directly
from the producer by the retailer, completely cutting out
the “middle men” a.k.a. intermediaries who trade the product on the open market.
The purpose is to pay
producers of the product,
whether they are farmers or
manufacturers, a higher wage
than they would have received
if they had gone through an
intermediary who would
have then sold it for them to
a retailer.
This, in turn, is supposed to
raise the standard of living and
well-being of the producers by
(reinvesting) of those profits
into their communities.
Fair trade, of course, has
goals to ensure other things,
such as safe working conditions, protection of the local
environment, no discrimination, so on and so forth.
But these goals are ancillary
to getting more money for
producers so it can improve
their community and are not
what make fair trade products
unique.
One of the initial drawbacks
to fair trade coffee is that coffee bean growers are required
to be part of a local cooper-

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Fair trade coffee is traded by bypassing the coffee trader and therefore giving the producer (and buyer) higher profits.
ative, which determines how
the money gained from the
selling of the beans will be
spent within the community.
While this system makes
it easier for the fair trade retailer to accumulate coffee
beans to sell and keep tabs
on how the money is spent, it
means less independence for
the growers.
While growers may be earning more in profits, they have
less say on how it is spent.
Public projects in the community are all well and good, but
the possibility that the individual farmer and their family

may have known better how
to spend their profits is now
gone as an option.
Becoming a fair trade producer also requires farmers
to adhere to the set of standards that fair trade retailers
demand. One of the requirements being that no child labor be used at all is a highly
unrealistic restriction.
While abhorred in the First
World, children working in
tandem with their parents or
part-time are often the difference between going with and
going without in the Third
World.

There is nothing intrinsically horrible about child labor; every developing country
goes through a phase where
families have to depend on every member to contribute toward their survival.
Taking away this option
for poor families makes them
worse off, despite the best
of intentions from fair trade
retailers.
Another claim by fair trade
groups is that many small coffee farmers cannot receive
enough of a profit back when
they sell their beans, entering
them into a cycle of debt and

even greater poverty. This is
absolutely true, but it begs the
question why fair trade groups
would then enable them to
stay in an enterprise that loses
money.
Subsidizing farmers to
grow a product that they cannot produce below cost is not
helping them, but harming
them.
Not only are they now in an
enterprise that can only make
money if people pay more
than their product is worth –
effectively charity – they are
also now trapped in a cycle
where despite their best at-

tempts they are still subject
to the whims of nature.
Floods, droughts, pests
and diseases can all destroy a
whole season’s crops and the
farmers’ fortunes with it.
Encouraging farmers and
their families to stay in such
a feast-or-famine profession
does not expand their options in life, but keeps them
in a state of subsistence
agriculture.
The best way to help those
working low-skill, low-wage
jobs in the developing world,is
to simply let them make their
own decisions.

When pepper spray is the face of a college education
trent kays
minnesota daily
University of Minnesota

Last week, students protesting fee hikes at Santa Monica
College were pepper sprayed
by members of the college’s
police force as they attempted
to enter a Board of Trustees
meeting.
The police officers involved
kept the protestors at bay and
from airing their grievances
and voices with the Board of
Trustees.
Adamant not to let the protestors into the meeting, the
police force held them back,
and in an all too damning
photo now spread across the
internet, a police sergeant
stands pointing at the protestors while holding his baton
over his head ready to strike.
This scenario is a horrifying one, and much like the U.
California-Davis incident in
which seated students were
pepper sprayed, one I never
thought I’d see on a college
campus.

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When did it become wrong
for students to air their grievances? When did it become
wrong for students to stand
together on their campus?
Students have a right to
their opinion and anger when
they see their education becoming less valuable but more
expensive. Yet, incidents, like
the one at Santa Monica College, are examples of a system
rotting from the inside.
A university education is
still the goal of many people.
Even though the value of that
education seems to be dwindling at some levels, people
still flock to college campuses
around the country to study in
the hope that they may better
their life circumstances. However, students seem to only be
permitted to disagree if that
disagreement doesn’t get in
the way of the university administration’s politics.
All education is political,
but universities don’t always
educate students on how to
navigate such politics. If the
UC-Davis and Santa Monica
College incidents have taught
us anything, it’s that students
aren’t allowed to voice their

opinions to people who control the politics of a campus,
that students don’t deserve
to be around those who take
the control of their education
away from them.
Students should control
their education. Students
should have a say about their
education and future. Yet, students’ voices on campus are
increasingly unvalued.
This phenomenon will destroy education in this country. Without students, there is
no need for universities. Protest and debate should be encouraged on all university
campuses because it is the
passion of students that keeps
higher education afloat.
So, when events transpire
that exemplify the lack of respect by administrators and
university officials for students’ voices, it’s disheartening and counter to what a
university should exemplify:
respect for and service to the
public good.
Reports of police brutality and overzealousness have
become commonplace in the
news media. Reports of police
arbitrarily arresting people

without probable cause, pepper spraying randomly and
without direction and bullying citizens engaged in protest are common news stories
now.
College campuses are not
immune. But what does it
mean for the future of education and protest?
These types of incidents
create a hostile environment
in a place where hostility
should not exist. Universities
are supposed to be centers of
learning and expression.
Students should be able to
peacefully protest and challenge those officials who
would stand in the way of
their education. What becomes troublesome is when
those officials dismiss the issues of students as not their
problem. Indeed, education is
becoming far too expensive in
this country, and there aren’t
enough protests about it.
How long are we going to
let the price of education rise
in this country? Soon only
the very wealthy will be able
to afford education, and those
without will continue to be
subjugated to those with ad-

vanced privilege.
Access to education is no
longer enough. We must have
access to those who will control and direct our education.
University administrators and
those in power must be held
accountable and must be accessible to the students whose
lives they hold in the palm of
their hands.
The examples of police officers arbitrarily pepper spraying students, professors, children and others in their way
is symptomatic of a system
run amok. It is symptomatic
of administrators who are out
of touch with the populations
of their universities.
It is symptomatic of how
university officials see students: as cattle. Students, who
continuously see their rights
eroded, are becoming cattle
that are seen as nothing more
than PEZ dispensers forking
over loan money that they’ll
never be able to pay off.
So, when students finally
stand up and protest such lack
of respect, what happens?
They get pepper sprayed by
baton wielding, overzealous
police officers.

Welcome to your college
experience. This type of behavior is unacceptable on
many levels, but none so
more than that it is an overt
example of oppression in a
place that should be fighting
oppression.
The issues at stake are not
merely about tuition hikes;
it’s about a student’s constitutionally protected rights being
eroded in the one place many
thought they’d never see them
eroded: a university.
The future of higher education in the U.S. is an ambiguous one; however, at the heart
of that future will be the students and their teachers.
It would be a shame if that
future was one of voiceless
students and teachers locked
inside their walled classrooms
instead of a passionate group
of people working for a better and more equitable world.
George Orwell once remarked, “If you want a vision
of the future, imagine a boot
stamping on a human face –
forever.” I really hope Orwell
was wrong, but the path we’re
heading down doesn’t look
promising.

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THE WEEK AHEAD
TODAY
APRIL 12

THE MOUNTAINEER HOT
WHEELS CLUB meets at 7 p.m. at
the Fairmont Moose Lodge. The
meeting is open to the public
and all are invited to attend. For
more information, call 304-3633777 or email mountaineerhwc@hotmail.com.
DR. LUD GUTMANN, professor
of neurology, will sign copies
and discuss his new book, “Richard Road: Journey from Hate”
in the Health Sciences Center
Commons area near the Pylons
from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. The
memoir describes his family’s
leaving Nazi Germany in 1937,
buying a farm in New Jersey and
becoming Americans.

FRIDAY
APRIL 13

THE GEOGRAPHY COLLOQUIUM presents “Political
Geographies of Violence or
Violent Political Geographies?
The State of Migration on
Islands” by Dr. Alison Mountz
from Syracuse University. The
presentation takes place from
2-5 p.m. in Room 325 of Brooks
Hall. For more information, call
304-293-0384 or email brenden.
mcneil@mail.wvu.edu.
A DOCTORAL CHAMBER PIANO RECITAL by Sheila Barnhart
takes place at 6 p.m. in the Bloch
Learning and Performance Hall
of the Creative Arts Center. For
more information, call 304-2934359 or email charlene.lattea@
mail.wvu.edu.
A DOCTORAL VIOLIN RECITAL
by Genaro Medina takes place at
8:15 p.m. in the Bloch Learning
and Performance Hall of the
Creative Arts Center. For more
information, call 304-293-4359
or email charlene.lattea@mail.
wvu.edu.

EVERY THURSDAY

CO-DEPENDENTS ANONYMOUS,
a 12-step program to assist participants in developing healthier relationships of all kinds, meets at 7 p.m.
in the conference room of Chestnut
Ridge Hospital. For more information, call Mary at 304-296-3748.
LUTHERAN DISASTER RESPONSE
COLLEGIATE CORPS meets at the Lutheran Chapel at 8 p.m. The LDRCC
responds to regional and national disasters. No experience is necessary.
For more information, visit www.lutheranmountaineer.org/disaster.
MUSLIM STUDENTS ASSOCIATION hosts a weekly Islam and Arabic class at 6:30 p.m. in the Monongahela Room of the Mountainlair. For
more information, call 304-906-8183
or email schaudhr@mix.wvu.edu.
THE MORGANTOWN CHESS CLUB
meets from 7 p.m. in the basement
of the First Christian Church at 100
Cobun Ave. Meetings will not be held
the last Thursday of every month. For
more information, visit www.morgantownchess.org.
CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST
holds its weekly CRU meetings at 9
p.m. in Room G24 of Eiesland Hall.
People can join others for live music, skits and relevant messages. For
more information, email roy.baker@
uscm.org or visit www.wvucru.com.
UNITED METHODIST STUDENT
MOVEMENT meets at 7 p.m. at the
Campus Ministry Center on the
corner of Price and Willey streets.
For more information, email wvumethodist@comcast.net.
WVU CLUB TENNIS practices from
9-10 p.m. at Ridgeview Racquet Club.
For carpooling, call 304-906-4427.
New members are always welcome.
THE WVU YOUNG DEMOCRATS
meets at 7 p.m. in the Blackwater
Room of the Mountainlair. For more
information, email kross3@mix.wvu.
edu.
WVU WOMEN’S ULTIMATE FRISBEE team meets from 7-9 p.m. at the
Shell Building. No experience is necessary. For more information, email

all pertinent information, including
the dates the announcement is to
run. Due to space limitations, announcements will only run one day
unless otherwise requested. All nonUniversity related events must have
free admission to be included in the
calendar.
If a group has regularly scheduled meetings, it should submit all

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yahoo.com.
TRADITIONAL KARATE CLASS
FOR SELF-DEFENSE meets at 9 p.m.
in Multipurpose Room A of the Student Recreation Center.
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ORGANIZATION meets at 8 p.m. at the International House on Spruce Street.
BISEXUAL, GAY, LESBIAN AND
TRANSGENDER MOUNTAINEERS
meets at 8 p.m. in the Laurel Room of
the Mountainlair. For more information, email bigltm.wvu@gmail.com.
CHESS CLUB meets from 6-9 p.m.
in the food court of the Mountainlair.
Players of all skill levels are invited to
come. For more information, email
wvuchess@gmail.com.
THE CATALAN TABLE will meet at 4
p.m. at Maxwell’s restaurant. All levels welcome. For more information,
call 304-293-5121 ext. 5509.
INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP meets at 7 p.m. in 316 Percival Hall. For more information, call
304-376-4506 or 304-276-3284.
FREE ARABIC/ISLAM CLASSES will
be hosted by the Muslim Students’
Association from 6-8 p.m. in the
Kanawha Room of the Mountainlair.
To register, email schaudhr@mix.
wvu.edu.

CONTINUAL

WELLNESS PROGRAMS on topics such as drinkWELL, loveWELL,
chillWELL and more are provided
for interested student groups, organizations or classes by WELLWVU:
Wellness and Health Promotion. For
more information, visit www.well.
wvu.edu/wellness.
WELLWVU: STUDENT HEALTH is
paid for by tuition and fees and is
confidential. For appointments or
more information, call 304-293-2311
or visit www.well.edu.wvu/medical.
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS meets
nightly in the Morgantown and Fairmont areas. For more information,
call the helpline at 800-766-4442 or
visit www.mrscna.org.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS meets
daily. To find a meeting, visit www.
aawv.org. For those who need help
urgently, call 304-291-7918.
CARITAS HOUSE, a local nonprofit
organization serving West Virginians
with HIV/AIDS, needs donations of
food and personal care items and
volunteers to support all aspects of
the organization’s activities. For more
information, call 304-985-0021.
SCOTT’S RUN SETTLEMENT
HOUSE, a local outreach organization, needs volunteers for daily
programs and special events. For
more information or to volunteer,
email vc_srsh@hotmail.com or call
304-599-5020.
CONFIDENTIAL COUNSELING SERVICES are provided for free by the
Carruth Center for Psychological and
Psychiatric Services. A walk-in clinic is
offered weekdays from 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Services include educational, career,
individual, couples and group counseling. Please visit www.well.wvu.
edu to find out more information.
WOMEN, INFANTS AND CHILDREN
needs volunteers. WIC provides education, supplemental foods and immunizations for pregnant women
and children under five years of age.
This is an opportunity to earn volunteer hours for class requirements. For
more information, call 304-598-5180
or 304-598-5185.
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS, a
United Way agency, is looking for volunteers to become Big Brothers and
Big Sisters in its one-on-one community-based and school-based mentoring programs. To volunteer, call
Sylvia at 304-983-2823, ext. 104 or
email bigs4kids@yahoo.com.
ROSENBAUM FAMILY HOUSE,
which provides a place for adult patients and their families to stay while
receiving medical care at WVU, is
looking for service organizations
to provide dinner for 20 to 40 Family House guests. For more information, call 304-598-6094 or email rfh@
wvuh.com.
LITERACY VOLUNTEERS is seeking volunteers for one-on-one tutoring in basic reading and English
as a second language. Volunteer tu-

information along with instructions
for regular appearance in the Campus Calendar. These announcements
must be resubmitted each semester.
The editors reserve the right
to edit or delete any submission.
There is no charge for publication. Questions should be directed
to the Campus Calendar editor at
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tors will complete tutor training,
meet weekly with their adult learners, report volunteer hours quarterly, attend at least two in-service
trainings per year and help with one
fundraising event. For more information, call 304-296-3400 or email
trella.greaser@live.com.
CATHOLIC MASS is held at St.
John University Parish at 4:30 p.m.
on weekdays.
THE WELLWVU CONDOM CLOSET
is held in the Kanawha Room of the
Mountainlair every Wednesday from
11 a.m.-noon. The closet sells condoms for 25 cents each or five for
$1.00.
THE WELLWVU CONDOM CARAVAN is held in the main area of the
Mountainlair from noon-2 p.m. every Wednesday. The caravan sells
condoms for 25 cents each or five
for $1.00.
MOUNTAINEER SPAY/NEUTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM is an all-volunteer nonprofit that promotes spay/
neuter to reduce the number of
homeless pets that are euthanized
every year. M-SNAP needs new
members to help its cause, as does
ReTails, a thrift shop located in the
Morgantown Mall. For more information, visit www.m-snap.org.
THE ASSOCIATION FOR WOMEN
IN SCIENCE meets on the second
Monday and fourth Tuesday of every month at noon at Hatfields in the
Mountainlair. All students and faculty are invited. For more information, email amy.keesee@mail.wvu.
edu.
THE CHEMISTRY LEARNING CENTER, located on the ground floor of
the Chemistry Research Laboratories, is open Monday through Friday
9 a.m-5 p.m. and 7-10 p.m. Monday
through Wednesday.
FREE STUDENT SUCCESS SUPPORT, presented by the WVU Office
of Retention and Research, helps
students improve on time management, note taking reading and
study skills as well as get help with
the transition to WVU. Free drop-in
tutoring is also available every night
of the week in different locations. For
more information, visit http://retention.wvu.edu or call 304-293-5811.
THE M-TOWN MPOWERMENT
PROJECT, a community-building
program run by and geared toward
young gay or bisexual men 18 to 29, is
creating an environment in the Morgantown community where young
men can feel empowered to make
a difference in their lives. MPowerment also focuses on HIV and STD
prevention education. For more information, call 304-319-1803.
COMMUNITY NEWCOMERS CLUB
is a group organized to allow new
residents of the Morgantown area
an opportunity to gather socially and
assimilate into their new home community. For more information, visit
www.morgantownnewcomers.com.
NEW SPRING SEMESTER GROUP
THERAPY OPPORTUNITIES are available for free at the Carruth Center.
The groups include Understanding Self and Others, A Place for You,
Sexual Assault Survivors Group, Social Anxiety Group and Solution Focused Therapy Group. For more information, call 304-293-4431 or email
tandy.mcclung@mail.wvu.edu.
THE FRIENDS OF THE MORGANTOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY are seeking
new members and volunteers for
weekly book sale inventory. For more
information, inquire at the front desk
on Spruce St., downstairs during
sales every Tuesday and the first and
third Saturday of every month or call
304-292-7579.
THE ROYCE J. AND CAROLINE B.
WATTS MUSEUM, located in the Mineral Resources Building on the Evansdale Campus, presents its latest exhibit “Defying the Darkness: The
Struggle for Safe and Sufficient Mine
Illumination” through July 2012. The
exhibit focuses on the history mining
lights, and displays a wide variety of
mine lighting implements. The Exhibit is open Mondays, Wednesdays
and Fridays from 1-4 p.m. and by
appointment. For more information,
call 304-293-4609 or email wattsmuseum@mail.wvu.edu.

HOROSCOPES
BY JACQUELINE BIGAR
BORN TODAY Let go of a need to
have your life work out in a certain way.
The more you push, the less likely you will
achieve your goals. Accept changes in
your immediate environment and make
needed adjustments to a transforming
status quo. If you are single, your desirability speaks to many people. Make
choices accordingly, and keep in mind
the type of relationship you desire. If you
are attached, your charisma adds many
sparks to the relationship. Enjoy the heat.
CAPRICORN acts like an authority.
ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHHH
Take charge and handle a personal matter before it gets out of control. You can
let this matter sit on the back burner, but
the cost could be far higher than you anticipate. Your innate good will goes far;
let others see your intentions. Tonight:
Burning the candle at both ends.
TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHHHH
You juggle many different interests, but
you see a continuum in the various areas you are involved with. Use this information to enhance your perspective and
ability to deal with an onslaught of information in the future. Tonight: Where
you’ve always wanted to go.
GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHHH You
might want to continue a discussion, especially if you see an opening. The other
party will see you in a new light. For that
reason, you might want to open up communication once more. Know that you

have a lucky rabbit’s foot in your back
pocket. Tonight: Dinner and discussions.

sponse, and decide what you want to do.
Tonight: The answer is “yes.”

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHHH You
finally can witness what you’ve sensed
has been going on. A key associate or
friend sees you in a different light. Open
up communication with a child or loved
one. Let a sense of camaraderie permeate your relationships. Tonight: All smiles.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHHH
A change involving funds could be occurring. Your bank might have changed its
policies; payments might be due a different day. You will discover a change in
the status quo. Be aware of your options.
Tonight: Relax. Choose a favorite pastime.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHHHH Observe the interaction between you and a
certain someone. Your instincts will take
you to a new realm of thinking, and you’ll
see your relationship differently. Use care
with a major purchase. Tonight: Surprises
or unexpected events come forward.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHHHH
Take an opportunity to reveal your
thoughts and explain the depth of what
you are feeling. Let go of fear or resistance, as the response will be positive. Do
not attempt to get involved in a power
play. Tonight: Use the moment to plan or
even start your weekend.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHHH Listen to your intuitive voice, even if it seems
to plot a different path from the one you
are on. Sometimes being uncomfortable
works well. Be willing to take a grounded
risk. You know your limits and how far
you can go. Tonight: Trust your judgment.
LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHH Tension
builds as you realize that you are not up
to doing something you need to do. A
close friend or associate nudges you to
take the next step; be sure that you can
deal with it. Tonight: Do errands on the
way home.
SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHHHH
You say what you mean, and eventually that message gets through to someone. Your ability to communicate your
desires to others draws quite a reaction
from them. Sort through the heavy re-

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHH You
might not reveal exactly what you are
thinking because you could be trying to
gauge what others are thinking as well.
Do not form judgments until you have
all the facts. Act on an unusually strong
sense of well-being. Tonight: Get some
extra Z’s.
PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHHH A
meeting does not need to be awkward.
Drop that expectation, and you might
be delighted by what follows. Complete
errands, and try to get as much done as
you can. Getting together with a friend
or loved one buoys your spirit. Tonight:
Respond to a friend’s request.
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Thursday April 12, 2012

tennis

WVU searches for wins in final weekend vs. Seton Hall and Rutgers
by robert kreis
sports writer

With the final spot in the
Big East championships up
for grabs, the West Virginia
women’s tennis team is looking for at least one victory this
weekend, when they close out
their regular season at Seton
Hall Saturday and at Rutgers
Sunday.
“We have a very good opportunity to win,” said head
coach Tina Samara. “We can
beat Seton Hall, and we probably can beat Rutgers.”
With the postseason on the
line, Samara is interested to
see how the Mountaineers will
respond.
“I don’t know if I’ve ever
seen this group have to win
with something on the line,”
Samara said. “I am curious to
see how they react to that.”
Seton Hall currently sits
with a record of 6-11, but only
one of those wins has come
against a Big East Conference
member. West Virginia holds
a record of 4-14 with a sole Big
East win coming against Connecticut Feb. 18.

Ousting the Pirates should
seal the final spot in the championship for the Mountaineers. Beating both Seton Hall
and Rutgers should do all
but send the Big East championship invitation to West
Virginia.
The Scarlet Knights have a
record of 9-8 and 4-3 in the Big
East. Before facing the Mountaineers, Rutgers will square
off against Seton Hall today
and Pittsburgh Saturday.
After going through an injury spell, Samara is hopeful
that the Mountaineers will regain their confidence before
this weekend’s matches. As
of right now, the team is the
healthiest it has been all season, and a big part of that is because of junior Emily Mathis.
Mathis, who played No. 1
singles for the first 10 matches
of the season, had been dealing with a stomach strain that
caused her to serve underhand at times. Samara attributes the injury to not only
hurting the Flower Mount,
Texas, native’s serve, but also
her confidence.
“I think (Emily’s injury)

killed her confidence,” Samara
said. “I think after the injury
she started feeling like she had
to do more than she needed to,
and before the injury she was
very comfortable with how she
was playing.”
That being said, Samara is
confident Mathis is ready to
return to her pre-injury form.
“I think she should be okay
now,” Samara said. “She is in a
better place than she has been
as far as coming to grips with
(her injury) and not freaking
out about it.”
As the Mountaineers try to
make a final push, Samara,
who was a successful college
tennis player herself, tries
to call upon her own experiences, but realizes her success
as a player does not translate
to success as a coach.
“(My experience) matters if
I can use it to help (the team),”
Samara said. “At the end of
the day, what I did as a player
doesn’t really matter.
“Certainly (my) success as a
player doesn’t instantaneously
make me a great coach.”
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Junior Emily Mathis and the West Virginia tennis team will play the final two matches of the regular season this weekend against Seton Hall and Rutgers.

Her collegiate debut might not
have gone as planned, but with
a solid freshman season and a
fountain of potential yet to be
tapped, the future looks bright
for Dayah Haley and the West
Virginia gymnastics team.
The Mountaineers (21-5, 12-1
EAGL) finished the 2012 season
with an Eastern Atlantic Gymnastics League title while placing
fifth at the Auburn region of the
NCAA Regional Championships.
Haley started her career off
on the right foot, scoring a 9.775
on vault before falling during her
next two routines. She showed
resilience throughout season
and saw her hard work pay off

the final two meets, setting a new
career high in each.
Haley placed 10th on the uneven bars at the EAGL Championships as she received a 9.8
from the judges. With the NCAA
regionals being her last opportunity, Haley’s season-long goal
of scoring a 9.8 on vault became
a reality as she helped the team
score the program’s most points
at a regional meet.
“We have a lot of potential and
we have areas for improvement,
but who doesn’t? And starting
off so well this year and knowing where we all stand, I feel very
confident going to the Big 12 and
being successful next season,”
Haley said.
West Virginia finished the season ranked No. 21 in the polls

with a regional qualifying score
of 195.265 which was added to
the 195.9 the team scored in the
final regional meet giving WVU
a national qualifying score of
391.165.
The Pasadena, Md., native has
shown the promise to compete
as an all-arounder for the Mountaineers next year. She competed on both the vault and bars
in eight of the 12 meets she appeared in, totaling 221.125 points
in her rookie year.
Though Haley is still warming
up to the beam and overall rigors
of being a student-athlete, she
has learned and made the transition quickly to the college level
thanks to her attentiveness to her
teammates and coach’s advice.
“We really mesh well together,

and helping each other out is a
big thing because when you’re
not doing something right and
one of your teammates notices
and can do it better than you, it’s
helpful that they tell you what to
do so you can improve,” Haley
said.
The two-time Junior Olympics
National Championship qualifier wasn’t recruited by WVU, as
it was Haley who made the initial
move to contact the coaches. After an unofficial visit Haley was
so certain she wanted to be a
Mountaineer that she canceled
her flight and recruitment visit
to Auburn.
“Being a freshman and winning EAGL’s and everyone talks
about how this year is the best
year, and it’s so much fun, and

we mesh really well, and Jason is
an awesome leader and an awesome coach,” Haley said.
Haley was consistent, leading off the Mountaineer vault
lineup in 11 of the meets and
matching her then-career high
of 9.775 three times in her first
four competitions. The only meet
she missed was a 194.225-195.75
loss to UNH because of a finger
she jammed warming up.
The Mountaineers have big
expectations for next season as
all but two girls will return in addition to the incoming freshmen.
With Tina Maloney and Nicole
Roach lost to graduation, Haley
should step in and help WVU in
its inaugural season in the Big 12.
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Freshman DB Joseph reaping benefits of joining team early
By Ben Gaughan

Associate Sports Editor

Freshman defensive back Karl Joseph catches a pass during spring practice last month.

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Karl Joseph was one of the
five players on the West Virginia football team to enroll
in the spring semester and it is
paying dividends in his game.
The freshman defensive
back from Orlando, Fla. has
already gotten 10 spring practices under his belt and has
not taken anything for granted
while learning everything he
can from the coaching staff.
“Just being coachable, that’s
the most important thing,” Joseph said. “I watch a lot of film
by myself. I understand what
my mistakes are and I try to
get better everyday.”
Joseph knew the expectations he had to uphold
by coming in early. He was
determined to show his skills
to the coaches and compete
as hard as possible every time
he stepped into the weight
room or the practice field.
Although former cornerbacks coach Dave Lockwood,
who recruited Joseph before
he left for Arizona, was no
longer on the staff, it didn’t
hinder Joseph’s decision to
come to Morgantown.
He got offers by schools
such as Cincinnati, Nebraska,

Miami (Fla.), South Carolina,
Tennessee and several others, but he still felt the program was the right choice and
wanted to be a part of it.
“I didn’t really have to rethink everything too much,”
he said. “I was pretty close
(with Lockwood) through the
whole recruiting process, but
I was never coached by him,
so it didn’t really affect me too
much. I chose this program
because of the people around
it not really because of Coach
(Lockwood).
“I knew the program was
on a trail of doing big things
and I just wanted to be a
part of it, especially after the
Orange Bowl”.
Now, he’s well into the
spring session, still adamant
about learning everyday and
going into the film room
whenever he can. It can’t
hurt that he’s playing defense
against two of the fastest receivers on the team – senior
Tavon Austin and fellow freshman and roommate Jordan
Thompson.
Off the field, Joseph and
Thompson don’t really talk
about football too much. Instead, they play video games,
but on the field they’re always
competing to make each other

better.
Joseph knows his goals and
if he keeps up the right mindset, he will be able to play well
at the collegiate level, and his
coaches agree.
“Karl Joseph is probably
the one guy out of all the guys
coming in that has got something to him,” said West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen. “You can pencil him
in to play a good bit. He is mature. He is not scared and he
is physical.
“Sometimes it takes guys
a couple of years before they
are physically ready to play or
mentally ready to play. Whatever it is, it was an easy adjustment for him.”
“I just like competing,” Joseph said. “Football is my passion; when I get out there I
like competing and I want to
play. It pushes me to get better. Like I said, I like watching
film by myself, and correct my
mistakes. So, I already know
what I did wrong before coach
even tells me. You just have to
be driven by it.”
It seems like he made the
right decision to come into
town early.
ben.gaughan@mail.wvu.edu

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Petrino and mistress were in contact regularly
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) —
Former Arkansas coach Bobby
Petrino and his mistress were in
frequent contact over the past six
months, sometimes calling or texting each other dozens of times in a
single day — including game days,
according to a review of his business cellphone records by The Associated Press.
Petrino was fired Tuesday night
for failing to disclose his relationship with Jessica Dorrell, a 25-yearold former Razorbacks volleyball
player he hired last month without disclosing his conflict of interest or the fact he had once paid her
$20,000. Athletic director Jeff Long
said he had determined their relationship had been ongoing for a
“significant” amount of time, but
he did not say for how long.
The cellphone records show the
two were in close contact at least

as far back as Sept. 12. The university provided nearly seven months
of Petrino’s business cellphone
records and that is the first date
listed. Among the findings:
Petrino, a married father of four,
exchanged 91 texts with Dorrell on
Sept. 13 and 84 texts with her over
five hours on Oct. 28, the day before a game at Vanderbilt. On Oct.
17, the two swapped 73 text messages, and on four days in a row
in the week before a loss to eventual national champion Alabama,
Petrino called Dorrell early -- at
5:52 a.m., 6:35 a.m., 5:49 a.m. and
7:55 a.m.
The day Arkansas beat Troy, the
two exchanged 70 texts.
The 51-year-old Petrino built Arkansas into a national power, including a 21-5 record over the past
two seasons and a No. 5 ranking in
last season’s final AP poll. He was

expected to lead the Hogs on a national title run next season, but his
career was effectively ended on
April 1.
That day, Petrino and Dorrell
went for a motorcycle ride on a
two-lane highway southeast of
Fayetteville and skidded off the
road. Petrino was injured -- four
broken ribs, a cracked neck vertebra, scrapes and bruises -- but Dorrell was not.
Petrino didn’t disclose her presence on the ride until a police report was issued on April 5; he told
his boss, athletic director Jeff Long,
20 minutes before the report was
released to the public.
The cell phone records show
that Petrino was on the phone with
Dorrell at the very moment the report was issued, at about 3:30 p.m.
ap
Central time. And he spoke with Bobby Petrino runs onto the field with the Arkansas football team last season. Petrino was fired Tuesday for failing to tell his relationDorrell 11 times in all that day.
ship with a woman on the team staff.

NCAA puts Baylor basketball on probation for three years
WACO, Texas (AP) — The NCAA
put Baylor on three years of probation Wednesday after an investigation turned up hundreds of impermissible telephone calls and text
messages sent to prep recruits by
coaches and assistants on the basketball teams.
The violations were considered to
be major infractions, and they were
announced less than a week after
the Lady Bears won the national
championship with the first 40-0
season in NCAA history.
Still, it could have been much
worse for Baylor. All of the penalties
were proposed by the school and accepted by the NCAA after a review of
nearly 900,000 phone and text message records found that 738 texts
and 528 calls were against the rules.
The NCAA said men’s coach Scott
Drew failed to monitor his program
and will be suspended for two Big 12
games next season, in addition to recruiting restrictions. Women’s coach
Kim Mulkey also received recruiting

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record setting 70-33 victory
over Clemson in the Orange
Bowl.
Instead, the best part is that
the proceeds from ticket sales
are donated to the West Virginia University Children’s
Hospital. Since 1984, the
Gold-Blue game has raised
over $600,000 for this admirable cause. 30,000 may seem
kind of like an easy target. After all, Milan Puskar Stadium
holds nearly 65,000 fans.
However, it is just a scrimmage and many of the people
that travel several hours can’t
justify going all that way for
a spring football scrimmage.
And I don’t blame them.
Fans that are fortunate
enough to attend a handful
of games every year wouldn’t
want to waste a potential
game trip on the Gold-Blue
game.
Then again, this is the first
time West Virginia will take
the field since that prolific
January night.
Texas Tech was the first

restrictions.
“I believe strongly in following
NCAA rules and will always try to
do so in the future,” Mulkey said in a
statement released by the school. “I
do nothing without permission from
our compliance office and will continue to ask questions to assure that
things are done right. Any compliance-related mistakes, even those
that are secondary, are disappointing. The majority of mistakes in this
matter were errors in sending text
messages and failure to accurately
document our phone calls.”
The report put a bit of a damper
on what has been an extraordinary
run of success for Baylor athletics.
Besides Baylor’s win over Notre
Dame for the women’s title, Drew’s
team won a school-record 30 games
and reached the NCAA regional finals, where the Bears lost to eventual national champion Kentucky.
And all that came after star quarterback Robert Griffin III became the
school’s first Heisman Trophy win-

ner following a football season that
included 10 wins for the first time
since 1980.
Mulkey was named the AP’s national coach of the year and junior
Brittney Griner was its player of the
year. How Baylor recruited Griner,
one of the most dominant women’s
players in college basketball history,
was reportedly part of the NCAA
probe.
A school report obtained by
ESPN.com said Mulkey and her staff
committed minor NCAA violations
for having impermissible contact
with Griner and her family. During
a 2007 camp, coaches spoke with
the Griners about the basketball program, academic requirements and
the school in general both before
and after the camp.
Mulkey also reportedly broke
NCA rules when she sat next to Griner’s father and discussed what the
Baylor experience would be like.
Brittney Griner, who is from the
Houston area, played on the same

AAU team as Mulkey’s daughter,
Makenzie Robertson.
The NCAA report did not mention Griner or her family by name,
though Mulkey addressed it in her
statement.
“The other matters were related to my daughter’s participation in summer basketball,” she
said. “While I am and will always be
a mother first, I do recognize that
there has to be a balance between
my role as a mother of a prospect
and my role as a head coach. I have
always tried to strike that balance
and appreciate the opportunity to
demonstrate to the NCAA staff such
balancing efforts dating back to
when Makenzie was in the seventh
grade. I am pleased that my efforts
to find the appropriate balance between a mother and a coach were
recognized.”
Griner said she had “made it clear
to the NCAA staff and everyone else”
that she had chosen Baylor early in
the recruiting process.

school in the Big 12 to hold
its spring game; the matchup
between the Red and Black
squads drew an estimated
crowd of 3,000.
Last season, both Texas and
Oklahoma topped West Virginia’s attendance of 22,000
but neither hit the 30,000
threshold (Texas was about
500 fans short).
Theoretically, West Virginia
could have the most fans in
attendance at its spring game
of any school in the Big 12.
Talk about making an

impression.
Factoring in the move to the
Big 12, the momentum from
the Orange Bowl win and the
hype that is surrounding the
team this season, it’s reasonable to think 30,000 fans is at
least possible.
In nine days, the Mountaineers will show fans how
much they have been able to
accomplish in the brief time
between January and now. No
doubt there will be some exciting plays that will keep fans
talking until September.

While it still remains unclear whether or not Holgorsen will meet his lofty
goal, it is safe to say this
year’s spring game will have a
buzz unlike any in recent
memory.
With nice weather, some
good promoting the week of
the game and a little luck,
West Virginia could have the
most impressive spring game
of any team in the Big 12, or
the Big East, for that matter.
charles.schuler@mail.wvu.edu

Besides keeping Mulkey off the
recruiting trail in July, Baylor said one
of her assistants has been barred
from making recruiting calls from
January through April. The school
also reduced its women’s basketball scholarships from 15 to 13 in
2011-12.
On the men’s side, Drew will miss
the first two Big 12 games of the season, recruiting visits were trimmed
and he lost a scholarship this past
season and in 2012-13. In addition,
a former coach faces a one-year
“show cause” order that effectively
prevents him from coaching at an
NCAA school.
The assistant wasn’t identified,
but FOXSports.com reported in October 2010 that the NCAA was investigating the recruitment of
Hanner Perea. The report said assistant Mark Morefield sent dozens of
texts to Perea’s AAU and high school
coaches and urged two of them to
provide false and misleading information to the NCAA about a series

of text messages. Morefield resigned
in July 2011.
“I sincerely apologize to Baylor
University and Baylor Nation,” Morefield said in statement released by
his lawyer. “I learned a very valuable
lesson in this case. In my 13 years
of coaching at NCAA institutions,
I have not intentionally violated
NCAA rules. I will grow from this experience with a better understanding of NCAA rules.”
The NCAA violations come nine
years after Baylor basketball player
Patrick Dennehy was found shot to
death after he had been missing for
six weeks. Teammate Carlton Dotson pleaded guilty to murder. The
ensuing investigation uncovered
NCAA violations, illegal tuition payments and unreported failed drug
tests that led to the resignation of
coach Dave Bliss, who was secretly
recorded by an assistant coach of
trying to persuade others to cover
up misdeeds by portraying Dennehy
as a drug dealer.

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The West Virginia baseball team fell to Maryland Wednesday, 3-0. The Mountaineers haven’t won two games in a row since March 17.

West Virginia records just three hits, falls 3-0 to Maryland on the road
by alex sims
sports writer

Despite allowing only four
hits to No. 24 Maryland, the
West Virginia baseball team
fell 3-0 on the road Wednesday night.
The Terrapins manufactured three runs off only four
hits while committing the
game’s only error, but the
Mountaineers were unable to
produce a run off their three
hits.
Redshirt
s o p h o m o re
lefthander Zach Bargeron began the game on the hill for
WVU and lasted 2.1 innings,
allowing just one run and two
hits, earning the loss.

Maryland sophomore righthander Brady Kirkpatrick
earned the win in relief, going five innings while allowing only one hit and no runs.
Junior right-hander Charlie
Haslup earned the save, retiring three batters in order in the
ninth to close out the game.
Offensively, Maryland was
led by a two-for-four, two RBI
performance by senior left
fielder Tomo Delp.
Maryland put the first run
on the board in the third inning following a leadoff single
and two stolen bases by senior
center fielder Korey Wacker.
The Harker Heights, Texas
native scored on a groundout
by Delp.

Bargeron then walked his
second batter of the inning
and was replaced by freshman right-hander Pen Nakazato, who was able to pitch out
of the jam.
Nakazato went 3.1 innings
without giving up a hit but
allowing one run in relief of
Bargeron.
“Our pitchers competed,”
said West Virginia head coach
Greg Van Zant. “We didn’t
pitch great but we pitched well
enough that if we would have
scored some runs, we could
have won the game.”
Maryland’s second run
came in the sixth inning after
sophomore first baseman Tim
Kiene drew a leadoff walk and

Can WVU get 30,000
people at spring game?
cody schuler
sports WRITER

Second-year head coach
Dana Holgorsen is attempting to change the culture
of spring football at West
Virginia.
You may have already
heard about his new spring
practice schedule, which has
drawn rave reviews from players and coaches alike.
There’s also his affinity for
optimizing the power of the
Milan Puskar Stadium speak-

ers as the team warms up before each practice.
One key goal Holgorsen
has established is to eclipse
30,000 fans in attendance for
next Saturday’s Gold-Blue
game.
As of Monday, about 3,000
tickets had been sold – which
leaves 27,000 left to be gobbled up before the April 21
scrimmage.
Can West Virginia do it?
Will Holgorsen get his wish?
In a word, I say yes – but it’s
going to be close.
Last year, West Virginia had
an estimated 22,000 people in
attendance – setting a new re-

cord for the perennial intersquad scrimmage.
I have to admit, the game
is kind of fun. There are a lot
of cool pre-game festivities,
usually including a concert
and an Old-Timers’ Game.
It doesn’t matter how old
he is, former West Virginia
quarterback Major Harris still
has quite an arm and some
juice left in his shoes.
The best part about the
game isn’t the 5:30 p.m. kickoff, $10 tickets or even watching the football team in action for the first time since its

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later scored on a single to left
field by senior second baseman Ryan Holland.
Delp then made it a 3-0
game when his single scored
redshirt freshman pinch hitter Greg Olenski who started
the inning with a leadoff walk.
Junior right-hander Dan Dierdorff emerged from the jam
without allowing another run
thanks to a timely double play
ball.
WVU pitching gave up eight
walks on the game while only
striking out one.
“They scored their runs on
walks,” Van Zant said. “We
gave them all three runs, but
on the other hand we didn’t
score any.”

However, the run production just didn’t come for West
Virginia, as sophomore first
baseman Ryan McBroom and
freshman centerfielder Bobby
Boyd combined the only three
hits.
West Virginia threatened in
the fifth after UMD’s Kirkpatrick walked the No. eight and
nine hitters in the WVU lineup.
However, he was able to
pitch out of the jam by striking out freshman center fielder
Bobby Boyd after forcing junior second baseman Brady
Wilson to fly out to center.
WVU had another close
scoring opportunity in the
eighth inning after junior Stuart Jeck drew one of his three

walks on the game to lead-off
the inning.
Jeck then advanced from
first to third after a throwing
error by Holland. However, he
was called out at home while
Boyd reached on a fielder’s
choice.
“Their pitchers did a nice
job,” Van Zant said. “They
have a pretty low ERA and
have done a good job all year.
We made some base running
mistakes and we didn’t hit the
ball hard.”
Now, WVU will head straight
from Maryland to Rutgers for a
three-game series beginning
Friday.
dasports@mail.wvu.edu

Anderson moves to D-line
by nick arthur
sports writer

The defensive end position was never something Tyler Anderson ever considered
as a possible landing spot for
his talent.
Anderson, a redshirt junior
linebacker, recently found out
that he would be making the
switch from linebacker to defensive end.
Why did the Morgantown
native never think about playing on the defensive line before now?
“I always thought I was too
small,” Anderson said. “When
you see (defensive ends) on
TV, they’re always really big
guys.”
After being listed at 221
pounds as a freshman, Anderson has used a strong
work ethic to put on nearly 30
pounds of muscle and is now
listed at 244 pounds.
The new and improved
body helped motivate the
Mountaineer coaching staff
to make the switch.
Also, the switch from the

3-3-5 stack defensive alignment used under former
defensive coordinator Jeff
Casteel to the new 3-4 alignment has called for the services of more defensive
linemen.
But Anderson is just looking
forward to the opportunity.
“It’s great,” he said. “Just
whenever a coach tells you
to go play one position, then
he trusts you to go play another position and know the
right responsibilities. I just go
where they tell me to go.”
Even though the switch
happened very recently, there
appears to be a lot of similarities between Anderson’s old
position and his new one.
“Everything has been exactly the same. The run defense – I just don’t drop,” he
said. “It’s really just all the
same, though.”
Since he will be slightly undersized on the defensive line,
a logical question to ask is if
Anderson will be able to hold
his ground against 300-pluspound offensive linemen.
However, he may know the

trick to using his smaller built
to his advantage.
“Everything comes with
speed. I have speed for everything,” he said. “To move
lineman, you have to use your
speed. And with my weight
and speed, I feel like I have a
good chance.”
But in reality, Anderson’s
role is simple, and he knows it.
“Just make plays. That’s
what everybody is out there to
do,” he said. “Just make plays
and help out the defense. I just
want to go out there and make
plays.”
It’s not just Anderson who
is dealing with new defensive
responsibilities this spring.
The new defensive alignment has forced most players
to deal with unfamiliar tasks.
Despite the changes, progression is being made across the
board.
“It’s think it’s going pretty
good right now. Everybody is
doing a lot,” Anderson said.
“But one thing we all need to
get better at doing is tackling.”
nicholas.arthur@mail.wvu.edu

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Titanic period fashion show will display trends of 1900s

Passengers walk around the MS Balmoral Titanic memorial cruise ship prior to the gala dinner in the Atlantic Ocean April 10.

by Nicholas Wesdock
A&E CORRESPONDENT

Student producers and designers from West Virginia
University’s Division of Design and Merchandising Department will be putting on a
unique tea and fashion show
with a Titanic era theme on
Sunday.
The show, which is part
of a class put together by
Professor Lynn Barnes, will

commemorate the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic 100 years ago, on April
15, 1912.
Students and producers
have been working since the
fall semester to create their
garments for the period
fashion show. Some outfits
that can be expected are tea
gowns, evening gowns and
specialty items such as gym
clothes and hunting attire.
Some designers looked to

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passengers aboard the ship
for inspiration. Designer
Mary Pietranton was heavily
influenced by Eloise, wife of
Lucian Smith, who was a resident of Morgantown.
“These outfits are directly
inspired by the fashions
and culture of the Titanic
era. This is accompanied
by music from the era and
commentary about the history from the time,” said Nicole Schmidt, who played a

Passengers of the Titanic memorial cruise will visit a cemetery where 150 victims of the Titanic are buried.
key role in putting the show
together.
In addition to Titanic era
fashion, the show will feature era-appropriate music,
presentations of art, politics
and social culture on board
trans-Atlantic ocean liners.
On board the real Titanic,
first-class passengers enjoyed their tea in the “Cafe
Parisian.” At the show, guests
will have the opportunity
to experience the Titanic

themselves in the students’
own recreation of the “Cafe
Parisian.”
Showtimes are at 3 p.m.
and 7 p.m. Sunday. The earlier of the two will be complete with an afternoon-tea
menu including finger sandwiches, scones, desserts and
of course, tea.
At the 7 p.m. showing, the
menu will consist of tea and
desserts. All menu items will
be representative of the food

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served on the Titanic.
The event will take place
at the Preston Community
Arts Center, located at 123
S. Price Street, Kingwood,
W.Va. Prices are $30 with a
discounted price of $25 for
senior citizens. Seating is
limited and reservations are
required. For tickets, please
call Professor Lynn Barnes at
(304) 293-3533.
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Math the Band to perform at house show on Beechurst Street tonight
by Caitlin Graziani
A&E editor

Math the Band opens for ‘What Cheer? Brigade’ during a performance in August 2011.

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Rhode Island-based musical group Math the Band will
be playing a house show tonight at 508 Beechurst Street
better known as “South Park
Island.”
What makes this performance unique is that it does
not take place on a stage or in
a public venue, but rather, in
a living room.
This is the concept of a
house show – it is a cross between a house party and a
concert at a public venue.
Hosting this performance
is West Virginia University
print-making student Logan
Jones. This isn’t Jones’ first
time hosting a house show.
“I used to live in a tiny
apartment and I hated it. I
hated not being able to have

people over,” Jones said. “So
I got this place and I thought
we could have a place to
hang up artwork and expose
people to music.”
Jones said she has been
open about the fact that she
does not profit from these
shows and they are simply
to have a good time.
She said that artists enjoy performing house shows
more than large stage shows
because of the intimacy they
get with the audience.
Derek Rudolph, senior
journalism student and
music director for U92, is
the man in charge of getting Math the Band back to
Morgantown.
Math the Band was scheduled to play at 123 Pleasant
Street the week before the fall
semester started,” Rudolph
said. “But their van broke

down and they were unable
to make it.”
Rudolph was able to book
Math to come to Morgantown but had a short time
frame to get it done.
The band is taking a
short break from their tour
with Andrew W.K. to make
it to their West Virginia
performance.
If you are interested in seeing Math the Band perform
at 508 Beechurst, there will
be a $5 donation at the door.
The donation will be used to
pay the band and for small
repairs to the house after the
show.
For more information on
Math the Band you can visit
their Facebook page or their
website at www.maththeband.com.
daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Sometimes the losers of
American Idol turn out to be
the real winners.
Of course, there are your
winners that also found success, like Kelly Clarkson or
Carrie Underwood. Then there
are those contestants that were
eliminated who find much
more success than their season’s winner, such as Jennifer
Hudson or Kelli Pickler, both
of whom finished in sixth place
on the show.
Guitar-wielding Texas native Casey James came in third
place on the ninth season of
Idol in 2010. During a time
when albums are often rushed
to piggyback off the success of
America’s popular television
singing contests, James did not
release his self-titled debut al-

bum until this year. It pays off
however through the quality of
the album.
James’ album was obviously not a mix of studio songs
thrown together. The singer
even co-wrote nine of the 11
songs.
A majority of the songs are
written about love, so they are
not reinventing the wheel,.The
first single, “Let’s Don’t Call It
a Night,” will find its way into
rocking bars as well as your
car radio. “When you’re next to
me, there’s no place I’d rather
be/ Everything is feeling so
right/ So baby let’s don’t call
it a night,” James sings before a
rocking guitar solo.
James has a huge crossover
appeal, as his songs are a mix
of country, Southern rock and
even a little alternative rock.
The CD’s final song, “Miss Your
Fire,” sounds more like Ben
Folds Five or Death Cab for
Cutie than Toby Keith or Tim
McGraw. That said, it is one of

the best songs,coming off as intimate and genuine.
However, “Crying on a Suitcase” has all the elements of an
excellent country song. Starting with a toe-tapping beat and
a story of a woman crying on
an airplane as she has to leave
a lover, the chorus explodes
with emotion.
The only problem some may
have with this album is that it is
perhaps too polished. While it
may be true that the producers
could make the album better
by leaving some natural rasp
in James’ voice, taking “Casey
James” for what it is more than
enough. It far exceeds expectation and firmly introduces
James as an excellent singer,
songwriter and guitarist. The
only unfortunate aspect of this
being a debut album is that listeners will be left wanting more
without any previous albums
to which they can listen.
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Casey James releases his self titled album after losing on ‘American Idol.’

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Wal-Mart previews ‘Disc to Digital’ movie service which allows fans permanent access to digital copy
ROSEMEAD, Calif. (AP) —
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. previewed its “Disc to Digital”
service for converting DVDs
into an online library on
Wednesday. Based on my experience, I’d give it a six out
of 10.
That’s the number of discs
I was able to convert from a
completely unscientific sampling of my personal DVD
library.
The new service allows
movie fans to walk into any
Walmart, where they can
present their old DVDs and
get permanent access to an
online version of each movie
that can be streamed from
a home computer or a mobile device. The DVDs are

stamped with a special ink to
prevent further conversion.
The DVDs, however, can still
be played. Each DVD conversion costs as little as $2.
Three of my four failed
conversions were no surprise two were obscure documentaries, and one was a
film from The Walt Disney
Co., which is not participating in the service. One was
a bit puzzling: “Water for Elephants,” a fairly successful
romance released last year
by 20th Century Fox, one of
the studios that is partnering
with Wal-Mart.
Wal-Mart’s category director for movies, Louis Greth,
said the retailer hasn’t yet
cleared the rights for all the

titles from participating studios. That will result in some
titles not being available.
Some actors and directors
have not agreed to sign over
digital rights to movies they
took part in. In the case of
director George Lucas, that
includes all six “Star Wars”
movies.
Fox confirmed that the
digital rights for “Water for
Elephants” have not been
cleared.
Still, with 4,000 titles available for digital conversion
when the service launches
nationwide on Monday, the
retailer hopes to give U.S.
customers another reason to
come into stores. Wal-Mart
also wants to take part in the

shift in the way people watch
movies. More and more people are choosing to watch on
portable devices like Apple’s
iPad, and allowing people to
convert their DVD libraries is
seen as an important bridge
to a fully portable age.
Greth called the plan “the
right first step” to ease consumers into owning movies
online.
Five major studios are
participating in the service,
which gives consumers permanent access to their movies through Wal-Mart’s Vudu
online movie service.
Customers must bring
in the physical discs themselves and an employee will
search a database to see if

they are available. For $5 per
disc, movies can be upgraded
from DVD to a high-definition online version. Bluray discs converted to HD
will still cost $2 each. Each
disc that gets converted gets
stamped with indelible ink so
it can’t be reused by someone else.
Vudu can be accessed
through computers, Internet-connected TVs, video
game consoles and by way
of a special player available
on iPads and iPhones. Access
requires a hard-wired Internet connection or Wi-Fi.
Participating studios include Viacom Inc.’s Paramount, Comcast Corp.’s Universal, Sony Corp., Time

Warner Inc.’s Warner Bros.
and News Corp.’s 20th Century Fox.
The Walt Disney Co. is developing its own online storage system called KeyChest,
and is not involved in the
Wal-Mart offer.
The service makes WalMart part of the fledgling
UltraViolet system for storing online movies. Several
of the participating studios
have begun to release new
titles with the functionality, which allows purchased
movies to be viewed through
the Flixster online movie application. Fox has delayed introducing new titles on the
UltraViolet standard until
improvements are made.

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Axl Rose declines induction
into Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame
NEW YORK (AP) — There’ll be
no Guns N’ Roses reunion at this
weekend’s Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame ceremony. Axl Rose says
he won’t attend and is declining
his induction into the hall.
The seminal band is to be inducted in Cleveland Saturday.
There was some hope that the
original unit would reunite. It
disbanded in acrimony in the
1990s.

But in a letter to the hall released Wednesday, Rose said he
won’t be at the ceremony and
would “respectfully decline”
induction.
He said he has no intention of reuniting with his former bandmates. He also said he
did not want to be inducted “in
absentia.”
AP
The hall didn’t immediately Rock Hall spokesman Todd Mesek said members of Green Day will induct Guns N’ Roses
at Saturday’s ceremony at Cleveland’s Public Hall.
return requests for comment.

Hannity contacted by shooter in Martin case
NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News
Channel’s Sean Hannity has
become the second cable news
host whose involvement in the
Trayvon Martin shooting case
has gone beyond merely talking about it on the air.
Hannity acknowledged having a conversation with a man
he believed to be George Zimmerman, who shot and killed
the black Florida teenager Feb.
26 in a case that has ignited racial tensions. Zimmerman’s
former lawyers, in quitting the
case Tuesday, noted that their
client had talked to Hannity
more recently than with them.
Hannity, who last week interviewed Zimmerman’s father
on Fox, said there has been a
“rush to judgment” about the
shooter.
Over on MSNBC, Al Sharpton has participated in marches
and demonstrations in support of Martin while continuing to discuss the case on his
evening talk show. There have
been stark differences in the attention and focus on the case at
the two networks.
A law enforcement official with knowledge of the investigation told The Associated Press on Wednesday
that charges were being filed
against Zimmerman and that
his arrest was expected. The
official spoke on the condition of anonymity because he
wasn’t authorized to release the
information.
Hannity’s involvement in
the case came to light Tuesday at a news conference held
by Zimmerman’s former lawyers, Hal Uhrig and Craig Sonner. Hannity, who said on his
show Tuesday night that he’s
been pursuing a Zimmerman
interview for weeks, said he was
contacted Monday by a man he
believes was Zimmerman.
“He reached out to me, we
spoke on the phone about his
case and I agreed not to report
on the contents of that conversation,” Hannity said.
On his radio show Monday,
Hannity said he had confirmed
that Zimmerman was a mentor to minority children. “Now,
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Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity acknowledged having a conversation with a man he believed to be George Zimmerman, who shot and
killed the black Florida teenager Feb. 26, in a case that has ignited racial tensions.
you’d be a mentor to minority
children,” he said.
With Uhrig and Sonner present, Hannity last week on Fox
interviewed Zimmerman’s father, Robert. Robert Zimmerman’s face was concealed during the interview.
During the interview,
Hannity told Zimmerman that
“I would argue there has been
a rush to judgment.” He cited
statements made by political
and civil rights leaders about
the shooting being racially motivated George Zimmerman’s
father is white and his mother
Hispanic and mentioned President Barack Obama’s comment
that if he had a son, he would
likely look like Trayvon.
Zimmerman’s father said he
agreed. “I just believe it’s very
sad that so many people are not
telling the truth for their own
agenda,” he said.

During the interview, Zimmerman’s father said he had
never heard his son utter a racial slur and, prompted by
Hannity, recalled a time when
his son helped a black homeless man.
Hannity also devoted a portion of his show Tuesday to discussing a report that the New
Black Panther Party had put
a bounty on George Zimmerman’s head.
There was no progress to report Wednesday on Hannity’s
attempt to get a George Zimmerman interview, according
to Fox.
Cable news networks had
sharply different appetites for
the case, according to research
by the Project for Excellence in
Journalism. From March 19 to
28, MSNBC where the primetime hosts are liberal the network devoted 49 percent of its

on-air time to the Martin story.
During the same period at Fox,
where the prime-time hosts
are conservative, 15 percent of
the news hole was spent on the
case. It was 40 percent at CNN.
On March 26, for example,
MSNBC carried 14 minutes of
a mid-afternoon news conference by Martin’s parents live
and uninterrupted by commercials, the project said. CNN
aired the news conference for
a little more than five minutes.
Fox didn’t mention the story at
all in that hour, the Excellence
Project reported.
The topics that drew the
most attention about the case
on MSNBC concerned gun control and Florida’s “Stand Your
Ground” law, the project said.
On Fox, the most time spent
was on Martin’s background
and statements in defense of
Zimmerman.

‘Simpsons’ creator: Ore. town inspired Springfield
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) —
The Springfield that exists in
the mind of Matt Groening is
a kind of American everything
hick pit stop, rosy-cheeked
Rockwellian font of family values, cesspool of corruption,
ethnic melting pot, boomtown
gone to rust.
It’s what the creator of “The
Simpsons,” the nation’s longest-running sitcom, used as
a backdrop for 22-minute allegories about the American experience, beginning as earnest
tales about a lower-middle
class nuclear family and expanding to encompass spoofs
of presidential elections, the
obesity epidemic and “Citizen
Kane.”
It’s also, according to an interview posted online Tuesday, a real place. “Springfield
was named after Springfield,
Ore.,” Groening told Smithsonian magazine.
The inspiration, Groening
explained, came when he was
a child watching the TV show
“Father Knows Best,” set in a
town called Springfield. Groening said he was thrilled to
imagine the show was based
in Oregon’s Springfield, about
100 miles south of his hometown of Portland.
“When I grew up, I realized
it was just a fictitious name,”
Groening said. “I also figured
out that Springfield was one of
the most common names for a
city in the U.S.
“In anticipation of the success of the show, I thought,
`This will be cool; everyone
will think it’s their Springfield,’” he said. “And they do.”
Groening said he has long
given fake answers when asked

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about the Simpsons’ hometown, leaving open the possibility that his latest one is itself another fake. Asked later
by The Associated Press, Groening said in a statement: “I
have no idea where the Hell it
is. Like all Americans I flunked
geography.”
The acknowledgement to
Smithsonian magazine ends
one of the longest-running
mysteries in popular culture.
But people in town on Tuesday weren’t quite sure what to
do with the information.
“He did?” asked convenience store manager Denise
Pohrman. “I think that’s a good
thing. I think.”
But how should the town react? On the surface, it’s not a
flattering portrait. Groening’s
Springfield is polluted and sad,
run by corrupt officials and beset by the simpleminded populace that keeps voting for
them.
Embrace it, Pohrman said.
“There’s the stuffy part of
history, and then there’s the
trivia,” Pohrman said. “Everybody needs some fun.”
The series has been on the
air for 22 years, becoming the
longest-running American
sitcom, the longest-running
American animated program
and a cultural phenomenon
with colleges devoting courses
to studying it.
The real Springfield is a
western Oregon town of about
60,000 people. Its quiet Main
Street is struggling in the face
of a recession while the highway-based chain stores and
restaurants survive or thrive.
Its median income is just under $40,000 and nearly 20 per-

cent of people of all ages live
under the poverty line.
“It took a lot of tenacious
people to found Springfield,”
Springfield Museum executive director Debra Gruell said.
“When the railroad went away,
they persevered. The town
wouldn’t be here without that.”
Some comparisons do
hold true. Just as the fictional
Springfield endures the hate
hoots of rival Shelbyville, the
real Springfield must contend
with the larger and wealthier
Eugene, home to the University of Oregon and the recipient of much of Nike founder
Phil Knight’s largesse.
Maybe we should have
known all along, said Wayne
Jones, a 28-year-old clerk at the
Bright Oak Meats in downtown
Springfield. Jones has long argued that Oregon’s Springfield
is the true inspiration for Groening’s invention.
For one, there’s the statue
of an unnamed man astride a
horse in downtown, just as the
fictional Springfield features
a memorial to founder Jebediah Springfield (nee Hans
Sprungfeld) in its town square.
And people living near the
now-shuttered Trojan Nuclear
Power Plant near Prescott,
Ore., have always considered
the site to be the real counterpart to the fictional Springfield
power plant.
The fictional town’s true location has been a secret for
so long, even the jokes about
its secrecy are old. In one,
the showrunners had a narrator give one location in a
voiceover for the first broadcast, then change it in reruns.
In “The Simpsons Movie,” one

character says the fictional
state borders Ohio, Nevada,
Maine and Kentucky.
Until Tuesday, Portland,
Ore., provided the most likely
inspiration for the Simpsons’
hometown. Many of the names
of characters on the show
Flanders, Quimby, Kearney are
names of streets in Portland.
Groening visited during a
tour before the 2007 film “The
Simpsons Movie.” Back then,
tiny Springfield, Vt., beat out
13 other Springfields, including the one in Oregon, to host
the movie premiere. The cities submitted videos meant to
connect themselves to the fictional Springfield.
Maybe the town can use this
real leverage to its advantage,
said frozen-yogurt store coowner Jack Kohler.
“A few years ago, the downtown had a reputation as a
scary place,” Kohler said.
“Now, the strip joints are gone,
the place is coming back. If
they’re smart, they’ll have
a `Simpsons’ month, they’ll
build statues so them kids can
sit in, they’ll have characters
during the Art Walk.
“This is an opportunity to really make this place explode. If
they don’t do that, they blew
it.”
With time, Springfield, Ore.,
will return to its place as Oregon’s ninth-largest city, a place
of relative anonymity in the
Willamette Valley sandwiched
between the state’s largest university and its biggest city.
But for a day, the creator of
one of the most enduring fictional examples of Anyplace,
U.S.A., let this real one stand
out.

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Jewelry is displayed for sale at 123 Pleasant Street on Wednesday night as part of a Sierra Club Fundraiser.

Local Morgantown environmentalists were swinging into
action at 123 Pleasant Street last
night.
The third annual “Sierra
Swing” generated a huge outburst of local talent and awareness for the West Virginia University Chapter of the Sierra
Club.
The Sierra Club is a national
organization focused on preserving and replenishing the
environment.
Miranda Miller, secretary of
the WVU chapter of the Sierra
Club, is involved in trying to
promote environmental appreciation to students and young
people in Morgantown.
“Around campus we work
to promote environmental justice,” Miller said.
Joseph James, president of
the WVU chapter of the Sierra
Club, has been involved with
the organization for a year and
is pleased to be able to get students involved.
“By incorporating local mu-

sicians, we are able to bring in
a lot more people,” James said.
He is pleased to have the help
and interest of the community.
“It’s so great to work with
people who all have the same
goal, creating a more sustainable environment,” James said.
The first musical act, DuoGrove, consists of two members of the popular Morgantown band, Fletcher’s Grove.
The pair performed several
original songs about their passions and involvement in the
environment.
DuoGrove opened the show
for fellow local artists, performing a blend of pop, rock and indie folk music; Logan Venderlic,
Joe White, The Royals, Bonfire
and The Young Reptiles.
“Just because we didn’t take
it completely seriously doesn’t
mean it isn’t a completely serious cause,” Venderlic said.
Venderlic and guest performer, Joe White, dressed
for the occasion with long
wigs, short shorts and fake
mustaches.
Along with the musical
guests, local business owners

were present to sell their homemade jewelry.
Ayla Nett, Founder and Head
Designer of EllaFunky, sold
some of her handmade jewelry to generate money for the
organization.
“I’m thrilled to be a part of
such a great cause,” Nett said.
Numerous community
members, students and local
officials were present for the
event.
“Sierra Swing is always absolutely huge,” James said.
According to James, this
once-a-year event serves to
generate enough profit for the
club for the entire year.
A $5 cover was collected at
the door. All of the proceeds, as
well as a portion of the jewelry
and vegan bake sales, served to
support the club.
For more information about
the Sierra Club and the WVU
Chapter, you can visit their
Facebook page or attend weekly
meetings held Tuesdays at 7
p.m. in the Blackwater Room of
the Mountainlair.
daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Kristen Basham/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM

The Sierra Club displays brochures and stickers during a fundraising event at 123 Pleasant Street on Wednesday night.

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